Paula T Trzepacz, José G Franco, David Meagher, Yasuhiro Kishi, Esteban Sepúlveda, Ana M Gaviria, Chun-Hsin Chen, Ming-Chyi Huang, Leticia M Furlanetto, Daniel Negreiros, Yanghyun Lee, Jeong-Lan Kim, Jacob Kean
BACKGROUND: The three core domains of delirium (Cognitive, Higher Level Thinking, Circadian) do not include the less common noncore psychotic symptoms. However, psychosis might inform about perturbations of neural circuitry, outcomes or suggest tailored clinical management. OBJECTIVE: We assessed for the first time the relationships between psychosis and other characteristics of delirium in patients without confounders for delirium phenotype, such as dementia or antipsychotics treatment...
December 17, 2022: Journal of the Academy of Consultation—Liaison Psychiatry